Analysis: The government wants the Reserve Bank to curb house prices, Parliament passes the Māori wards bill, and an MP gets away with a rude word in the House.

A person has been shot in the Auckland suburb of Northcote.

A lack of staff and a series of technical problems plagued Healthline on Tuesday night, meaning about 60 people had to wait more than six hours on the phone during a Covid-19 outbreak, a review has found.

There has been one new community case reported today - a KFC worker who was on a shift at the Botany Downs store earlier this week.

The Environment Minister is allowing 2000 houses to be built in Porirua next to a protected wetland.

Immigration New Zealand is standing by its decision to grant a visa to the partner of Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March and says the application was treated "like any other".

A group of Parnell residents may glamp on the site of a planned national Erebus memorial in an attempt to stop construction, which begins next week.

Police have named a man who died last night after he was shot by police three times in Papatoetoe.

Two people have been charged with serious drug offending in Auckland after the police found methamphetamine and over $100,000 in cash.

An independent review of the Wellington City Council could cost ratepayers close to $75,000.

Seventeen inmates charged with causing major damage at Waikeria Prison last month have all pleaded not guilty.

A broken down truck is causing significant commuter delays on State Highway 1 north of Wellington.

A prisoner who raped and forced his young cellmate to perform oral sex on him almost every night for three months will be deported back to Fiji after his sentence.

Sue Spigel was working in a small room at the top of Christ Church Cathedral, the day the quake struck. She's developed health problems since then but is happy to be alive.

After more than 180 years resting in Whitianga Harbour, the HMS Buffalo shipwreck will be explored by archeologists.

The aged care sector is worried by government warnings that immigration will be restricted for some time.

Napier police are investigating after a gun was fired at a property in the suburb of Taradale last night.

More than 100 Wellington bus services have been cancelled this week alone due to drivers calling in sick.